Vehicle sign



W. A. PETERSEN.

VEHICLE SIGN.

APPucATloN FILED Nov. n. 191s.

1,417,767. Patented May 30, 1922.

y iQLPeZeM/a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC.

WILLIAM A. PETERSEN, OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE SIGN.

'Application filed November 11', 1919. Serial No. 337,372.

To all 107mm t may oon/cern.'

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM A. Pn'rnnsnN, a citizen ol the United States, residing at Excelsior Springs, in the county of Clay and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Vehicle Sign, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to advertising signs and more particularly to signs adapted for use in railway cars or other passenger vehicles.

An object of this invention is to provide an advertising sign assembled in such relation with respect to the car that different portions of the sign will be exposed to view at different times, and the movement of the sign be controlled by the movement of the car.

Another object of this is to provide an advertising sign of generally improved con struction, whereby the device will be simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as Well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit oit the invention.

Figure l is an elevation of a portion of the interior ot a, passenger railroad car, showing the improved signy applied thereto, and this sign being in its noii'nml position;

Figure 2 a similar view but showing the position oi the sign while the car starting;

Figure il is a, similar View showing the position ol the sign when the car is stopping;

Figure 4t is a transverse sectional view through a portion of the car showing the sign in its normal position.

Referring to the drawing there is shown the vertical side wall W of the usual street car structure and the inclined or overhanging portion I of the wall. Spaced cards or signs 1 are hinged for swinging movement to the inclined portion I by suitable hinge members 2, and the spacebetween each card l is preferably equal to the width oii these cards. Fixed signs 3 are secured to the inclined portion I ol the side wall, and these cards or signs are positioned between the hinged cards. The upper corner of each card l which is remote from the hinges 2 is provided with an eye s, and each eye et engages aneye 5 formed on an elongated rod 6. By this arrangement the several swinging cards l are lixed with relation to each other and therefore move synchronously about their hinges 5. The faces of the cards or signs l which are presented in one direction are described with suitable marking 7 to spell selected words, and the opposed sides of these cards are described with characters 8 which also spell words of predetermined signifi cance. The exposed faces of the cards 8 are described with suitable characters 9 to spell certain wordsand these words are to be read in connection with the words described on the faces of the card l to ascertain the import of the advertisement displayed by the entire sign.

In order to facilitate the swinging movement of the hinged signs or members l, each sign .l has a bar or arm l0 suitably secured thereto, and the arm l0 extends perpendicularly beyond the outer or tree edge of the sign l and has a weight 1l secured to its iree terminal. This weight is to be made in some attractive form, in this instance it is made in the form of a bug, which form will obviously attract the attention of the passengers as it swings about the hinges 2. i

In use, supposing it is desired to display the advertisement reading, Use oil to kill insects, then the words Use oil are printed on the exposed faces et the cards 3, the words To kill7 are printed on the faces of the cards l that are exposed in one direction and the word Insects7 is printed on the opposite sides ot the cards l. New when the car is motionless the swinging signs l will hang perpendicnlarly trom the inclined wall I and the words Use oil will be exposed to view, and when the car starts forward the outer ends of the signs will move towards the rear of the car, thereby covering the words Use oil and exposing the words To kilh7 and when the car stops the signs l will all swing in the opposite direction and again covering the words cUse oil but exposing the word lnsectf7 The movements et the sign will attract the attention of the passenger and they by continuing to watch the sign may readily read the entire sign. Use oil to kill insects. and the novelty oi this sign will impress the passengers with the import ol the advertisement, thereby CIK greatly enhancingv the Commercial value of the sign.

Although the swinging` signs nre shown with inscriptions to torni :t part of the sign7 it is to be understood that these members may be employed in connection with an eX- isting sign7 and in this case the swinging members l are employed to merely attract attention to the fixed sign.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is:

A device of the class described including inclined hinged members mounted for swinging movement and having e sign on each side thereof, en erm secured to and extending across euch hinged member to reinforce the seme, seid erm extendingbeyond the free termimil oi the hinged member, It Weight carried by the free terminal of the erm, and e rod pivotally connected to the hinged members te cerise them to swing about their hinges in unison when pnt in motion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto eiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. rETnRsEN.

Vitnesses Y WILLIAM A. CRAvEN, L. E. BATES. 

